Hand written signature of William Campbell Preston Breckinridge. Says "Brecknridge. Lexington Kentucky." He was born August 28, 1837 in Baltimore, Maryland and died in 1904 in Lexington, Kentucky. Breckinridge joined the Confederate Army in 1862 and was editor of the Lexington Observer and Reporter from 1866-1868. He served in US House of Representatives from 1884-1894 and was chief ed. writer for the Lexington Morning Herald in 1897
Date
- undated
Creator
- Gilmore, Samuel Perkins, 1868-1948.
Language
- English
Collection
- Samuel Perkins Gilmore prints | collection guide | more from this collection
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Publisher
- University of Kentucky
